There are various methods of assessments, both in vitro and in vivo. For example, in vitro assays such as enzyme inhibitory assays (COX, LOX, iNOs), and cytokine inhibitory assays (Interleukins) could be used. In vivo methods of assessments includes the hot-plate methods and a host of others. Your method of choice depends on the extracts to be tested and the possible molecular targets of the compounds in the extracts to be tested on mediators of inflammation. Hope this helps.
What do you want to do exactly? Evaluation in vitro or in vivo? Inflammation is characterize by the high metabolite level of arachidonic acid which were product through two different enzymatic way: (1)-cyclooxigenase and (2)-lipoxigenase. You need to know what you want to do. You can follow in vitro one of the two way.
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In these publications we discussed anti-inflammatory effects of plants with simplest protocols and basic discussion of suggested anti-inflammatory plant extracts (proposed mechanism of actions and possible secondary metabolites involved in this activity).
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A good and well established in vivo model of inflammation is the air pouch method. With this method one can evaluate the anti inflammatory properties of a substance from different aspects and it gives you a good indication of how the extract exerts its anti inflammatory effects. You can measure different parameters indicating inflammation such as exudate volume, angiogenesis, inflammatory cells infiltration. You can also measure inflammatory cytokines in the inflammation site.
There are many in-vitro and in-vivo models for assessing anti-inflammatory effects of compounds( phyto- extracts or synthetic ones and for acute,sub acute and chronic inflammatory conditions) given any experimental pharmacology books and research articles.
However,in order to save your time and experimental cost ,,,,...it will be better if you take a clue for which clinical inflammatory condition your plant is used (from ancient literature) you can arrive at a good and selective model for anti inflammatory activity verification.
I think at preliminary level when you have just crude plant extracts, not the purified compound. It is better to use Carrageenan induced rat paw edema model.
Yes, it is mostly used experimental model.But my suggestion was to be precise and caution the researcher to well study the old references of plant ( particular usage of the plant for which clinical inflammatory condition it is used exactly) so that exact models can be arrived at (Carrageenan model does not exactly reflect all clinical conditions). Secondly many plant extracts contain PHYTO-STEROIDS and show good effect in this model and such findings remained as research publication material only
1.Animal models for the study of atypical anti-inflammatory ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3962779
by B Silvestrini - 1986 - Animal models for the study of atypical anti-inflammatory agents. ... Clinically, they relieve the symptoms of acute inflammatory conditions, both topically and ... Available data suggest that their characteristic profile of side and therapeutic effects ...
2.Two Faces of Inflammation - Linus Pauling Institute at ...
1. What is the total volume of reaction mixture? And how much extract we have to take? And how much 1% aqueous solution of bovine albumin fraction is to be added?
2. How much HCl we have to use and what is the final pH expected?
3. After all I am getting absorbance of control above 1 . So can i dilute all my samples and control to get the absorbance below 1? Will there be any change in inhibiton % ?
The anti-inflammatory potential of plant extracts can be evaluated, using both in vitro and in vivo assays. Carrageenan induced hind paw edema model can used to carry out the in vivo anti-inflammatory activity, while for in vitro screening lipoxygenase inhibition assay can be used.
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